Designs inspired by nature win at the Queensland Architecture Awards

Designs inspired by nature win at the Queensland Architecture Awards

26 Jun 2015

The winners of the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2015 Queensland State Architecture Awards have been announced in Brisbane tonight.

The jury has awarded 52 accolades to 43 projects across all categories, with the educational category in its debut year recording an excellent outcome with seven projects honoured. See below for full list of winners.

After seven Regional Architecture Awards held earlier in the year, 72 projects were in the running for awards at the state level, with many projects eligible across multiple categories.

Designed around the concept of a ‘living tree’, Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital by Conrad Gargett Lyons was the big winner on the night receiving multiple accolades including the coveted F D G Stanley Award for Public Architecture along with the Karl Langer Award for Urban Design and the Art & Architecture Prize.

‘Working between the perspective of a child and the scale of the city, the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital transforms a large and complex piece of healthcare infrastructure into a series of framed moments which both surprise and delight. The hospital establishes a new benchmark in paediatric healthcare for the state.

‘Exemplary in its unwavering philosophy of integrating art into every aspect of its fabric, function and ethos, this building is a gallery, a canvas and a theatre, whose focus is to bring delight and diversion to the lives of sick children and the people who care for them,’ the jury said.

Planchonella House in tropical north Queensland by Jesse Bennett Architect Builder won the Robin Dods Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New).

‘Tucked into the rainforest along a ridge edge of Mt Whitfield, the building humbly engages the occupants with the environment. Pockets of space are carefully crafted and detailed, creating places that are both calming and invigorating, with elements of quiet delight,’ the jury noted.

An exemplar in sustainable design, The University of Queensland Global Change Institute by HASSELL also won multiple awards the R G Suter Award for Educational Architecture, the G H M Addison Award for Interior Architecture and the Harry Marks Award for Sustainable Architecture.

Projects that received an Award or Named Award will now progress to the National Awards to be announced in November.

Queensland Chapter Award – Drury Street by Marc&CoAward – Sandgate Pier House by Vokes and Peters (with Owen and Vokes and Peters)Award – Paddington House by ArchitectusCommendation – West End Cottage by Vokes and Peters (with Owen and Vokes and Peters)Commendation – Living Room by Aardvarc

Harry Marks Award – The University of Queensland Global Change Institute by HASSELLAward – Sir Samuel Griffith Centre by Cox Rayner ArchitectsCommendation – The University of the Sunshine Coast Collaborative Futures Building by HASSELL